Title
Alone Together: Why "Incentivization" Fails as an Account of Institutional Facts
Abbreviated Journal Title
Philos. Soc. Sci.
Keywords
collective intentions; institutions; construction; social reality; Searle; REALITY; Ethics; Philosophy
Abstract
In two articles, Smits, Buekens, and du Plessis have argued that John Searle's account of institutional facts suffers serious flaws and should be replaced with a reductive account they call incentivization. We argue against their view in two ways. First, the specific flaws they find in Searle are based on misunderstandings. Second, incentivization, as they present it, fails as a reduction of strict collective actions and, thus, cannot account for institutional facts such as money or property.
Journal Title
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Volume
45
Issue/Number
3
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
315
Last Page
330
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0048-3931
Recommended Citation
"Alone Together: Why "Incentivization" Fails as an Account of Institutional Facts" (2015). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6444.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6444
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